My new Tattoo!

After almost 2 1/2 years of debating what to get and where to get it, I finally got my Jacelyn tattoo!!! I got it on the top of my foot. It hurt, but wasn't too bad. I love it so much and so does Jacelyn. She tells everyone she sees about it and that it says her name! (Please excuse my foot. It's swolen and it looks dirty but it's actually the tattoo ink and A&D ointment)

I have told a few close friends/family about it and they say "Well what about a tattoo for Carlie?" I've actually had one for 4 years with her name that I guess people have forgotten about. Here it is so she's not left out too. (It's on my lower back)

Amish Friendship Bread-Part II

Sooo I forgot to take a picture of the finished product but let me tell you, it was GOOOOOD! I added a tad bit more cinnamon and a handful of raisins. If someone gives you a starter kit then I highly reccommend that you follow through and bake the bread. It was the perfect fall season flavor!

**UPDATE*** On Trae

He ended up staying overnight "for observation" last night. The doctor hasn't come back by this morning so they're not sure if they get to go home today. Every time they take him off of the IV fluids, he gets lethargic within about 10 minutes. For some reason, he keeps getting dehydrated even though his body should be full of fluids! He is just really, really weak. They came in to draw blood this morning. As of yesterday, his white blood cells are in a normal range so no infection. The X-Ray showed that his appendix looked fine. He hasn't had a bowel movement in 5 or 6 days but then at 3am yesterday morning, he had major blow out diarrhea. My other sisters son had this same exact thing happen about a year ago. They thought he had food poisoning because he was throwing up and his belly hurt. He hadn't gone #2 in quite a while. They ended up at the hospital with everything showing up fine. Kept them overnight just to be safe. The doctor came in the next morning and said they were doing emergency surgery because his bowels were abscessed. When they opened him up, they realized that his appendix had ruptured but sealed itself off. Some of the toxins had been released into his body and he had a major obstruction in his bowels. Another thing that I was thinking is that another sister (I have 3) keeps Jacelyn, Trae, and two other kids during the day and the other 3 children aren't sick at all. If this was a viral infection, wouldn't you think the other kids would already have it? He's been sick for 4 1/2 days!

My Nanny is going to have a biopsy done on Tuesday to just rule cancer out.

Thank ya'll so much for keeping my family in your prayers. It seems like there is always something going on huh?

Please pray for my nephew!

My nephew that just turned 4 on the 18th of Sept. has been throwing up since Monday night. My sister finally took him to the doctor yesterday (Wednesday) after realizing that this "bug" wasn't going away. He was a little lethargic when they got there but after some pop sickles he seemed to be doing better. My sister and the nurse were talking and they were getting ready to leave when he went from being his normal self, to falling asleep. This is NOT like him. He is the hardest kid to put to sleep. They said his body just went lifeless. The nurse told my sister that they weren't going anywhere and that he was dehydrated. They hooked him up to IV fluids for a few hours and they were sent home with the iv catheter still in. They went back today and he was STILL dehydrated and when they push on his belly, he screams. They seem to think it could be his appendix and could be sending him to Children's Hospital. Please, Please, Please pray that he's okay!

On another note, please also pray for my Nanny. She had a mammogram 4 months ago and they found a few calcium deposits. She just went back for her follow up and said they hadn't grown any and was told to go back in another 4 months. The hospital just called my mom because they couldn't find my Nanny's number. My mom told them that if it's bad news that would worry my Nanny to wait to call until after my Pop got home. The lady said she would wait...which means it's bad news. Keep her in your prayers as well. She had either ovarian or uterine cancer a few years ago and my Pop just finished his chemo from Lymphoma a few months ago. ***Update*** Apparently, the doctor gave my Nanny good news that the spots hadn't changed but the more the doctor looked at them, the more she second guessed herself and wants to do a biopsy. My Nanny is terrified of getting the biopsy done so hopefully they can talk her into it.

Jacelyn's funny

Carlie is at her granny's house for the night. We left the house around 9:30am for all day soccer fest and just got home around 6:45pm. After dinner, I told Jacelyn to move the kiddie table chairs from the living room to their table about 4-5 feet away. This is how the conversation went:

Me: Jacelyn, would you please put the chairs back at your table?
Jacelyn: But Carlie did it.
Me: Well Carlie isn't here and you sat in them this morning too so you need to put them up.
Jacelyn: But I might get lost!
Me: ***Laughing hysterically***

Is this sad???

I am usually a procrastinator. I put things off until the last minute for EVERYTHING. This year (like every other year) I vowed to be ahead of the game...but I'm serious this year. I already bought my mom a Christmas present. It is a personalized choo choo train ornament with the 4 grand kids names engraved on the smoke clouds, "Memaw & Papaw" engraved on the front of the train, and 2008 engraved on the caboose. It's very cute. I had to get one for our house but it's a little different. Mine just said Merry Christmas and then has 4 snowflakes above it with Rick, Lara, Carlie, and Jacelyn engraved on them. Then underneath it has "The ____'s". The best thing of all is that they were only $4.80 each and they got here in just a few days. I was so pleased. I also already ordered Carlie's Halloween costume. We bought Jacelyn's after Halloween last year when they were on clearance because I had already planned what they were going to be this year. I can't wait until Carlie's comes in to show ya'll! It's way too cute!

Amish Friendship Bread

I was handed a gallon sized bag of a bunch of cream colored goo and told that it was Amish Friendship Bread. Apparently, I am supposed to mash the bag for 4 days, then add sugar, flour, and milk. Mash for 3 more days. Then on the 10th day, I'm supposed to add a ton of ingredients and then pour a cup of this stuff into 4 other gallon sized baggies to hand out to friends to start the process all over again. I am supposed to pour the remaining goo into a loaf pan and make a bread with it. I think there will even be another "starter kit" leftover for me to keep going if I woudl like. This would mean I would have to make one every 10 days. I don't know if I could handle that responsibility. I don't think I've ever heard of doing this. I guess it's sort of like a chain letter, except with food. I did some research on it and found that it has absolutely nothing to do with Amish people BTW....I'll let ya'll know how it turns out NEXT Tuesday.

Edited to add a picture!!!